Posted on 05/09/2015 7:44:31 AM PDT by RnMomof7
Millions of sincere Catholics wear the brown scapular thinking by doing so it will help them spiritually. They believed the report that Mary made and is backing a salvation promise in connection with the brown scapular hundreds of years ago based on their religious traditions. Over the years wearing the brown scapular has been perpetuated by sincere Catholic leaders, such as the one in this video, but it is in complete futility that it is worn. It is a false hope and a spiritual snare. 
It is not based on God’s truth and is, therefore, just as deadly for the sincere Catholic as it is for the Hindu who bathes in the Ganges River thinking his sins will be washed away in the water or for the Muslim who kisses the black stone of Kaaba to be forgiven! [The picture to the right is Mel Gibson, the director of the Passion of Christ, wearing a brown scapular as he smokes.]
I too once wore the brown scapular as an Ex Roman Catholic. I know what it is like to be taught something and accept it as truth to find out later it is not only unscriptural, but anti-scriptural. It hurts, but TRUTH is what we must stand on to be safe. It takes humility in such cases to turn.
NOTE: At about 2:23 time-wise into the video, the speaker is quoted below. How could anyone deny that Mary is deified in Catholicism? Surely, this rampant idolatry is grieving to the Lord Jesus Christ and God the Father. This is what Catholicism teaches about the brown scapular:
And so, wearing of the brown scapular reminds us, should remind us, of three things. First, that we are children of Mary. Second of all, that we need to work for our Lady. And finally, it should be a garment of humility and penance. First, by the brown scapular we profess ourselves to be children of Mary. The scapular of our Lady is a badge or a uniform so to speak by which we profess to whom we belong and who we serve. Likewise, our Lady in turn by wearing the brown scapular, she recognizes us as her children, as her special children. And because of that, she consequently protects us and watches over us. The brown scapular should also remind us that we need to work for our Lady because the scapular, which means shoulder garment, was originally that, it was a garment worn by religious in order to protect their habit, their religious habit that they wore on a daily basis during those periods of work to keep it from getting dirty, stained, from ripping, etc. and so therefore the scapular is a working garb. And so this should remind us that there’s no room for lazy piety. If we wear the brown scapular and we consider ourselves our Lady’s children, there’s no place for lazy piety but rather we should fill our lives with good works. This brown scapular should remind us the need to faithfully fulfill our daily duties, and to make another adaptation of Scripture, to labor as good soldiers of the Immaculate. Finally, the third place, the brown scapular is also a garment of humility and of penance. So in a spirit of penance, we should accept all the difficulties of our state of life and all the sufferings that our Lady may want to send us. And the scapular will give us the strength to do this. In all of our difficulties, we can always grab onto our brown scapular, remind ourselves of our Lady’s protection, her watchfulness, her presence and especially at the moment of death, when we can call to mind our Lady’s promise of salvation. Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
* Not a single word about Jesus was mentioned there.
* The brown scapular is 100% religious mythology and idolatry, as Mary is deified as a type of Savior.
* No Bible light shines from such brown scapular Catholic tradition.
John 17:17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
This is untrue. The Bible is not God. The Bible is a collection of writings, most of which were written by prophets of God.
So, you don't expect God to tell the truth then?
(I feel certain it was transcribed, but I didn't feel like reading through 500+ posts.
Those people relied on Jim Jones. Catholics rely on a group of men they call the magisterium and one guy they claim can make infallible statements. What's the difference?
>>The Catholic approach is to have a body of scholars study the scriptures<<
Please show where the Catholic Church has "scholars study the scriptures" and give interpretation. Other than a few versus here and there mistranslated to support a false religion they have done none of what you say.
Show me one.
The Catholic Church claims the Scriptures are inerrant. If you are claiming to be a Catholic, you aren't helping the Catholics on FR at all, not one bit, with any posts like this.
I am in agreement with your description.
You describe a process of investigation to interpret the deeper spiritual purpose of text, that on its literal surface seems problematic. To do that, you have to be open to the possibility that you do not already have a lock on ultimate truth (which is a common situation among fundamentalists).
I use the example of Biblical conflicts, Old Testament vs. New Testament and so on; simply to highlight the problems of such an approach to scripture, not to try to invalidate scripture.
Appreciate your concern but all is well in Catholic land. We have Jesus with us until the end of time. If his mother was with him for 30 years I’m sure he doesn’t mind her tagging along. She keeps saying “Do what he tells you”. He likes that.
Looks like there's multiple choice as st. jude and st joseph and others...which of course believing these have any power is an affront to Christianity. ..and a pagan practice.
Here we have them for Buddists ...
Here's a Sahman Scapular
Hey - Make that 33 years that Mary was with Jesus. Beginning to death, I don’t know about after Resurrection until Ascension but John was taking care of her so I think they both were around.
The entire Bible is the work of Prophets ...not some of them
It is not the complete collection of all the writings of the prophets.
It is the complete writings of the prophets of God. The only books not written by prophets are the Apocryphal books .
The Bible is not perfect because man put the words to paper and translated it, and man is not perfect.
Isaiah 40:8 The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever."
God is capable of protecting His word...or He is not God at all
James 5:20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
The idolatry of Catholicism and Mary worship is sin.
Once again, well done!
So what are you saying then? That relying on the Holy Spirit leads to that sort of behavior?
What does the Catholic church rely on? What did IT rely on during the Inquisition?
Show us one.
Isn't Jesus telling us to obey God's commandments enough for Catholics?
Won't they listen unless Mary tells them?
Does she have more credibility than Jesus?
Why do y'all need to hear it from Mary to listen?
Equity would be nice. At a minimum, stop the anti-Catholic censorship.
This is my last post on the subject, please don't ping me to this topic unless and until the system is fixed.
New International Version
His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
Maybe we should be having some wine.
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